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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
May. 26, 2004
Akihiro Yanaka, Toyota, JP;
Masayoshi Hoshino, Toyota, JP;
Hirotada Otake, Susono, JP;
Tomokiyo Suzuki, Toyota, JP;
Akihiro Yanaka, Toyota, JP;
Masayoshi Hoshino, Toyota, JP;
Hirotada Otake, Susono, JP;
Tomokiyo Suzuki, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An automotive vehicle having a pre-selected function, and including a controller which controls an object and includes a plurality of redundant elements which are redundant with each other, and a function restraining portion which partially or fully restrains the function of the vehicle, when a pre-selected failure which has occurred to one of the redundant elements has not solved before another of the redundant elements has operated for more than a pre-set time since the occurrence of the failure.